High Prevalence of Important Cardiac Findings in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease Referred for Echocardiography

In symptomatic patients with PAD referred for echocardiography, there is a high prevalence of clinically important echocardiographic findings, including LV dysfunction, and PAD appears to be an independent predictor of an abnormal echocardiogram. These findings suggest that a prospective echocardiographic screening study in symptomatic patients with PAD is warranted.